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Interesting question, I'm looking forward to seeing the response. Re ArchiveGrid, this 2013 code4lib article cites around 120,000 EADs in its corpus, although they are apparently of limited utility due to their heterogeneity. http://journal.code4lib.org/articles/8956 The Center for Jewish History, on behalf of its five partner organizations (American Jewish Historical Society, American Sephardi Federation, Leo Baeck Institute, YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, Yeshiva University Museum), has posted 2330 EAD finding aids, also give or take a few. Kevin Schlottmann Archival services manager Center for Jewish History 15 W. 16th Street New York, NY 10011 212-294-8301 x6102 [log in to unmask] http://www.cjh.org/ On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Michele R Combs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > At the moment we have 2273, give or take a few. > > > > Michele > > > > From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On > Behalf Of Bowers, Kate A. > Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2015 2:17 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Looking for numbers: EAD > > > > It is a sign of how far we have come that repositories and aggregators are > no longer celebrating “our Nth EAD”. However, this has made looking for > current EAD numbers difficult! How many finding aids do you have online? > > > > Also, does anyone know if there any way to glean numbers of EAD from > ArchiveGrid, for example? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Kate > > > > Kate Bowers > > Collections Services Archivist for Metadata, Systems, and Standards > > Harvard University Archives > > [log in to unmask] > > 617.496.2713 > > voice: (617) 384-7787 > > fax: (617) 495-8011 > > web: http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:archives > > Twitter: @k8_bowers > > > >